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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1930
Page
4
The High Point Enterprise publishes contact numbers for departments and advertising. It lists publishers, telephone lines, and national ad representatives in New York offices at Frost, Landis and Kohn, Brunswick Building and People's Gas Building.
A devotional note cites King Solomon surpassing all kings of the earth in riches and wisdom from II Chronicles 9 22, reading on Sunday December 14 1930.
The North Carolina legislature allows Governor Morrison to appoint to fill the vacant Senate seat, making him senior senator with Senator Simmons nearing retirement. Morrison travels to Washington with Gardiner credentials and is poised for a smooth seating and possible future influence.
Our Greensboro correspondent reports the verdict in the Caudle case as a broad surprise. The public mood shifts toward harsher accounting of funds and a belief that trust positions require strict oversight. The clerk, found guilty and sentenced to state prison, may reflect shared responsibility for mismanagement beyond one individual.
Sinclair Lewis accepts the Nobel Prize in Stockholm and condemns American commercialism. He notes his disdain for sales Driven phases and laments the pale state of American literature while praising young writers and expressing hope for the future of American letters.
The passage contrasts Mr. Lewis with the youngest writers and argues business lords govern the United States. It notes Europe recognizes this power and that many rulers support the artistic world, though not extravagantly. The author sees no reason for Mr. Lewis to feel old among literary newcomers.
A travelogue describes the Interlaken to Montreux rail route across Bernese Oberland with lake views, tunnels, and a near incident in a mountain tunnel. It details Lake Thorne scenery, towns, and the Prison of Chillon near Montreux, including the Byron connection and vivid lake and vineyard imagery.
A Northern North Carolina view of bootlegging profits and punishments. Neese Willard’s legal troubles illustrate shifting outcomes as federal judges impose prison time while others evade jail with influential backing. The piece links Prohibition to uneasy social ties and evolving enforcement.
A dentist is described as efficient and skilled, able to complete exams and procedures quickly even when the work is repetitive. The piece notes his steady hand and practical approach in everyday dental visits.
The Washington Indiana electric plant, owned by the city and run by the mayor and council, uses its profits to reduce bonded debt. Some bonds with 20 years to run are being paid now, and next year city taxes are expected to fall by half. This shows government ownership possibly delivering efficiency rather than graft.
Burglars used a monkey to aid an apartment break in Chicago as police investigate the unusual method. Residents report quick entry and missing valuables while authorities seek suspects and the animal’s welfare details.
Alabama coach Wallace Wade confirms no workouts on the journey to Pasadena for the Rose Bowl against Washington State. The team will travel December 19 arriving December 23, with one stop over and no training aboard the special train, while Governor Bibb Graves may join the party.
A High Point taxpayer urges the city to create local jobs for residents. He notes many commuters and boarders work outside the city, pay no taxes here, and proposes a remedy to benefit taxpayers and sustain High Point’s growth. He invites public response.
Belgrade dispatches report mob clashes between tax collectors and peasants over tax payments. One peasant was killed and ten others injured. a peasant wounded a bailiff while another was hurt by a gendarme. In Sirmia district a peasant locked a bailiff in a stable.
In Bombay India a massive procession for a nationalist killed during a clash involving a motor truck delivering foreign cloth led to police charges and thirty injuries among marchers. The entire Bombay police mobilized to prevent violence.
In Chapel Hill on December 13 Cambridge University debaters Geoffrey Crowther and A E Holdsworth argued for the affirmative and UNC students J C Williams and McB Fleming Jones defended the negative on the motion That the Emergence of Woman from the Home is a Regrettable Feature of Modern Life.
Cincinnati club president Sidney Weil said Bob Meusel Curt Walker and Johnny Gooch are on the trade block. Manager Dan Howley sought waivers from other major league clubs for the trio all veterans over ten years in baseball and ineligible for minors without consent.
A broad ponder of aging, loneliness, conformity, and originality contrasts vivid phrases on solitude with quotes from Mussolini Barrymore and Ingersoll. It praises Look Homeward Angel and lists ten top films including Holiday Moby Dick and All Quiet on the Western Front.
Funeral services for Elsie C. Luther were held yesterday afternoon at New Hope M E church with Rev. Tom Alderman Sykes officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery. Pallbearers included Walter Thornburg Hal Thornburg Rom Thornburg and Clark Thornburg Rex Carter nephews of the deceased. Flowers were carried by Grace Wood Ruth Wood Ella Hall Mamie Carroll and Mrs Fred Clinard. A large crowd attended the services.
The Ys' Men's Club held its weekly meeting Friday night at the YWCA on East Commerce Street. After devotions by Hoy Whitlow the group approved sympathy resolutions for Edwin Hedrick whose father had died. M. L. Patrick led a Q&A on current topics, and Hoy Whitlow was named chaplain.
A verse by Jean claims psychology cannot be applied to washing dishes. It quips about a red dish pan a dish mop scented soap and tea towels as tools to find joy in chores while noting morale hinges on more than mood.
Asbury Park residents including the late Allen Heath sponsor a project to build a Wright brothers memorial on Kill Devil Hill North Carolina. The plan features a 60 foot triangular tower on a star shaped base with folding wing sides and an entrance on the third side. Captain John A. Gilman oversees dune stabilization and gridwork with a $27 000 vegetation mantle. $225 000 allotted for the granite shaft on a concrete foundation 40 feet deep and floodlit at the star points.
The justice department announced plans for a 3.5 million dollar federal penitentiary near Lewisburg Pennsylvania. The design includes inside cells for hardened prisoners and outside rooms with air and sunlight for others to aid reform and reduce unemployment.
Three midwest banks failed or closed today amid a wave of failures. Washta State Bank in Iowa with 125000 deposits was closed by its directors, the First National Bank of Lesser in Illinois with 25900 capital did not open, and the State Bank of Elroy in Wisconsin with 460000 deposits was closed by the State Banking Department. Two Wisconsin banks were reopened after reorganization.
A Canton project features American materials in the construction of a new library and school building. Local planners emphasize quality and timely delivery as part of the modernization effort in the city.
A campaign begins in Ireland to supply radios to farmers snowbound in winter, aiming to improve communication and access to news and weather updates during isolation.
A miscellany from Jamestown Weed, December 14 1930, includes reflections on aging jokes and pondering verses by Frank L Stanton. It notes a Christmas parade in High Point, appeals for charitable giving to ease poverty, and a meditation on the biblical term lambs extending to the old and needy.
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